Perhaps with the exception of Egged, no one is pleased with the new Rav Kav smart card system that replaced the old “kartisiya” to ride Egged buses. The cards are problematic for many in addition to making it extremely difficult to monitor how many rides are remaining. It appears that many riders have complained that […]
A directive was sent to kupat cholim clinics to immediately halt gender separation in all clinics in chareidi areas. The order was signed by the deputy director general of the ministry’s unit supervising the nation’s HMOs. The Marker reports states the gender separated medical clinics are common in Yerushalayim and Beit Shemesh. The ministry has […]
Already reeling from a pair of scandals, the Internal Revenue Service is drawing new criticism over plans to hand out millions of dollars in employee bonuses. The Obama administration has
Ministry of Agriculture inspectors intercepted another load of illegal and treif meat heading from the PA (Palestinian Authority) to stores in Israel R”L. In addition to the health hazard posed by the meat, it is at times sold as kosher despite being neveila. In this latest catch, inspectors intercepted a delivery of meat weighing 1.5 […]
Major-General Nitzan Alon is the IDF’s Central District Commander. He is responsible for all of Yehuda and Shomron. To say he is not a supporter of the yishuvim would be a mild understatement. The senior commander does not an effort to hide his disdain for the settlement leadership. Alon warns that failure to restart the […]
Jerusalem District Court Justice Dr. Yigal Marzel handed down a precedent setting decision, overruling a Housing Ministry regulation. The court disqualified a regulation prohibiting one from obtaining a government rent subsidy for a rented apartment in communities in which the rental market is defined as ‘small’. The regulation applies to communities with under 1,000 families […]
As part of the ongoing President’s Conference in Yerushalayim, President Shimon Peres on Wednesday, 11 Tammuz 5773 bestowed Israel’s Medal of Distinction of former US President Bill Clinton, who is attending the conference. It is the highest civilian award given in Israel. Dear Friends and my dearest friend President Bill Clinton, When I call you […]
Four Jews were arrested on Har Habayis on Wednesday morning, 11 Tammuz 5773 for daring to prostrate themselves in prayer on the holy site. Police moved in quickly when they realized the four violated the prohibition of Jews davening on Har Habayis, a prohibition set into place by the Muslim Waqf Authority. (YWN – Israel […]
The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to the
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The United States uses drones for surveillance in some limited law enforcement situations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Wednesday, sparking additional debate about President Barack Obama’s use of domestic surveillance. The acknowledgement came in response to questions from U.S. senators who said they wanted to know more about the federal government’s increasing use of […]
Federal authorities accused two upstate New York men Wednesday of assembling a portable X-ray weapon that they intended to use to secretly sicken opponents of Israel. The indictment charged 49-year-old
In an interview this week with television talk show host Charlie Rose, Obama said he planned to meet with the oversight board and “set up and structure a national conversation”
Still a little hazy about the health care overhaul? You have plenty of company. About half the people surveyed earlier this spring by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation felt they
After secretive talks, key senators express optimism they are closing in on a bipartisan agreement to toughen the border security requirements in immigration legislation that also offers a path to
After more than a decade of dealing with a less-than-responsive Bloomberg administration, the delegate assembly of the United Federation of Teachers announced that it is backing former City Comptroller William
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, applauded the New Jersey Senate Committee on Education for its passage today of a special education bill (S.1929) that would increase fairness and equality for families with children who require a special education environment. The bill was passed with […]
[VIDEO IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] In a Knesset plenum address, MK Moshe Feiglin addressed the fact of how the left-wing and Arabs blame all that is wrong in the country with
A gag order has been lifted on the arrest in May of five Arabs suspected of involvement in the April 24, 2011 fatal shooting attack at Kever Yosef. Murdered in the attack was Ben Yosef Livnat HY”D, in addition to a number of others being wounded. According to the police statement, there are three suspects […]
Egypt’s top Muslim cleric declared Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, dismissing declarations by Islamist hard-liners that those behind protests planned for June 30 are heretics. Sheik
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